Decarbonisation agenda will continue despite midlands job losses, Govt insist

The Government has acknowledged the fear and frustration of ESB and Bord na Mona workers due to lose their jobs as ceases peat-fired power generation at its plants in the midlands but insisted that the decarbonisation agenda would continue.

“As you can imagine there’s a lot of frustration,” climate action minister Richard Bruton told journalists at the Lanesborough power plant in Co Longford, due to close next year, after a meeting with workers this afternoon.